Where Did She Go?: A heartfelt story to help children understand loss

by Cariad Lloyd, Tom Percival (Illustrator)

The perfect book for opening up honest conversations with young children about grief and death, whether they have lost a loved one, or are simply curious and at the age of asking questions.

When one little girl's grandma is nowhere to be seen, and everyone keeps saying how sorry they are that the family have lost her, she makes it her special task to find Grandma and cheer everyone up.

But Grandma's not under the sofa or behind the flower patch, so where has she really gone?

Written with gentle humour and a lightness of touch by grief expert and comedian Cariad Lloyd, and illustrated by Tom Percival, creator of the bestselling Big Bright Feelings series.

32 pages, Hardcover

Published May 8, 2025

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this is an excellent book for helping children deal with and understand the death of a grandparent. It follows a little girl whose Grandma has died and people keep saying she has been lost, so the girl goes looking for her and her mum has to explain that she is dead. The little girl still wants to know where she has gone and the mum explains that people think different things and there is no way of knowing for sure but even though she is gone they can still feel her love when doing or seeing things she loved. I like that the book is not outwardly religious, I don't think it mentions Heaven so it could be read by a child of most religions without too much confusion.

It has illustrations by Tom Percival, whose illustrations really appeal to my children and they work well in the context of this book.

Although it is a picture book, it does feel quite long and is probably better for the older end of that market say 4-6 year olds.